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Class URL</H2>
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java.lang.Object
  <IMG SRC="../../../../../resources/inherit.gif" ALT="extended by "><B>com.google.gwt.http.client.URL</B>
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<DT><PRE>public final class <B>URL</B><DT>extends java.lang.Object</DL>
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Utility class for the encoding and decoding URLs in their entirety or by
 their individual components.
 
 <h3>Required Module</h3>
 Modules that use this class should inherit
 <code>com.google.gwt.http.HTTP</code>.
 
 <blockquote><pre>&lt;module&gt;
  &lt;!-- other inherited modules, such as com.google.gwt.user.User --&gt;
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/google/gwt/http/client/URL.html#decode(java.lang.String)">decode</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;encodedURL)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a string where all URL escape sequences have been converted back to
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a string where all URL component escape sequences have been
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a string where all characters that are not valid for a complete URL
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decode</H3>
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public static java.lang.String <B>decode</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;encodedURL)</PRE>
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<DD>Returns a string where all URL escape sequences have been converted back to
 their original character representations.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>encodedURL</CODE> - string containing encoded URL encoded sequences
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>string with no encoded URL encoded sequences
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
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public static java.lang.String <B>decodeComponent</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;encodedURLComponent)</PRE>
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<DD>Returns a string where all URL component escape sequences have been
 converted back to their original character representations.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>encodedURLComponent</CODE> - string containing encoded URL component
        sequences
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>string with no encoded URL component encoded sequences
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<DD><CODE>java.lang.NullPointerException</CODE> - if encodedURLComponent is <code>null</code></DL>
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public static java.lang.String <B>encode</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;decodedURL)</PRE>
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<DD>Returns a string where all characters that are not valid for a complete URL
 have been escaped. The escaping of a character is done by converting it
 into its UTF-8 encoding and then encoding each of the resulting bytes as a
 %xx hexadecimal escape sequence.
 
 <p>
 The following character sets are <em>not</em> escaped by this method:
 <ul>
 <li>ASCII digits or letters</li>
 <li>ASCII punctuation characters:
 
 <pre>
 - _ . ! ~ * ' ( )
 </pre>
 
 </li>
 <li>URL component delimiter characters:
 
 <pre>
 ; / ? : &amp; = + $ , #
 </pre>
 
 </li>
 </ul>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>decodedURL</CODE> - a string containing URL characters that may require
        encoding
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a string with all invalid URL characters escaped
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.NullPointerException</CODE> - if decodedURL is <code>null</code></DL>
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public static java.lang.String <B>encodeComponent</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;decodedURLComponent)</PRE>
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<DD>Returns a string where all characters that are not valid for a URL
 component have been escaped. The escaping of a character is done by
 converting it into its UTF-8 encoding and then encoding each of the
 resulting bytes as a %xx hexadecimal escape sequence.
 
 <p>
 The following character sets are <em>not</em> escaped by this method:
 <ul>
 <li>ASCII digits or letters</li>
 <li>ASCII punctuation characters: <pre>- _ . ! ~ * ' ( )</pre></li>
 </ul>
 </p>
 
 <p>
 Notice that this method <em>does</em> encode the URL component delimiter
 characters:<blockquote>
 
 <pre>
 ; / ? : &amp; = + $ , #
 </pre>
 
 </blockquote>
 </p>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>decodedURLComponent</CODE> - a string containing invalid URL characters
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a string with all invalid URL characters escaped
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.NullPointerException</CODE> - if decodedURLComponent is <code>null</code></DL>
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